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"veganism" isn't what it purports to be
Rupert wrote:
> On Dec 29, 10:59 am, ex-PFC Wintergreen >
> wrote:
>> Rupert wrote:
>>> On Dec 29, 2:45 am, ex-PFC Wintergreen >
>>> wrote:
>>>> Rupert wrote:
>>>>> On Dec 27, 7:50 am, ex-PFC Wintergreen >
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Despite all the fancy pseudo-philosophical rhetoric, "veganism" isn't
>>>>>> really about ethics. It's about smug self-satisfaction and sanctimony.
>>>>>> There is no valid ethics in "veganism" at all. It isn't at all about
>>>>>> identifying a moral and right course of action and then following it;
>>>>>> it's only about self-exaltation over a completely phony issue.
>>>>>> "vegans" have never shown, and never will be able to show, that it is
>>>>>> unethical for humans to consume animal-derived products.
>>>>> What's the fallacy in this argument?
>>>>> http://www.uta.edu/philosophy/facult...ngel,%20The%20...
>>>> Argument is unsound: based on false premises.
>>> Would you be able to specify one of the premises which is false?
>> Among others, it is a false premise that greater resource usage to
>> produce meat "proves" that meat is immoral.
>>
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> That's not on his list of premises.
It is.
>>> I take it you think that all my other remarks are unanswerable?
>> Junk philosophy.
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